We have a four-year-old daughter and a newborn boy. I was folding clothes when I heard our toddler screaming, \u201cDad, help!\u201d. It made me drop everything and bolted outside without thinking. What I saw made my blood run cold \u2013 our newborn was in his stroller, rolling down our sloped driveway, straight toward the street.<\/p>\n
My husband was standing nearby, casually chatting with our next-door neighbor, completely unaware of what was happening. His back was turned, laughing at something mundane. But the stroller was picking up speed, and a car was coming down the road.<\/p>\n
Our daughter-just four years old-had seen it all. She was already running barefoot, her little legs moving as fast as they could. She was clumsy but determined, shouting and panicking as she chased after her baby brother.<\/p>\n
Just seconds before the stroller could reach the edge of the road, she grabbed one of the wheels and threw her tiny body in front of it. The force tipped the stroller to the side, sending it crashing onto the sidewalk. Our newborn started crying loudly-but he was okay. Alive. Unharmed.<\/p>\n
The car passed by without even slowing down. I ran to both of them, heart racing, tears already blurring my vision. I held them, shaking, while trying to process what had just happened. My husband turned around at that moment, finally noticing. His face went pale as he realized what he had missed. \u201cI just looked away for a second,\u201d he stammered. \u201cI didn\u2019t see it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
And I lost it. I was furious. Furious that I trusted him to keep an eye on the kids. Furious that I had to witness our four-year-old be the one to protect her baby brother. We argued-right there on the driveway.<\/p>\n
I told him how careless he was. How I wasn\u2019t sure I could trust him with them again. And honestly\u2026 I still don\u2019t know if I can.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been days now, but I can\u2019t forget it. I can\u2019t stop seeing that stroller rolling down. I can\u2019t stop hearing her scream. I can\u2019t stop thinking about what could\u2019ve happened if she hadn\u2019t been there\u2014or if she hadn\u2019t reacted in time.<\/p>\n
I love my husband, but something inside me shifted that day. I know he didn\u2019t mean for it to happen, but how do you just forget something like that? Has anyone else ever gone through something like this? Am I wrong for still being angry?<\/p>\n
Should I try harder to forgive, or is this kind of mistake too big to move past? I honestly don\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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